{"id":5183,"date":"2025-04-10T07:07:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T07:07:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T07:07:03","slug":"christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/","title":{"rendered":"Christians Face Opposition on Multiple Fronts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Algerian Christian community has struggled in multiple ways since the government forced numerous churches across the country to close in 2017. While some Algerian followers of Christ have faced governmental pressures, others, especially those who have left Islam to follow Christ, are dealing with opposition from their own families. Malak is an Algerian Christian who is currently facing both pressures. After he committed his life to Christ, his wife divorced him, and he rarely sees his children. He has also been accused of proselytizing, which can lead to a jail sentence. Pray for Malak and other Algerian Christians like him, and pray that Algerian Christians will have greater freedom to meet and worship and speak about their faith.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/globalprayerguide\/algeria\/\">Click here<\/a> to find out about Christian persecution in Algeria and learn how to pray.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icommittopray.com\/request\/2808\/algerian-christians\/\" target=\"_blank\">Post a prayer for Algerian Christians on iCommitToPray.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Algerian Christian community has struggled in multiple ways since the government forced numerous churches across the country to close in 2017. While some Algerian followers of Christ have faced governmental pressures, others, especially those who have left Islam to follow Christ, are dealing with opposition from their own families. Malak is an Algerian Christian who is currently facing both pressures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-5183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i-commit-to-pray","tag-algeria","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christians Face Opposition on Multiple Fronts - Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christians Face Opposition on Multiple Fronts - Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Algerian Christian community has struggled in multiple ways since the government forced numerous churches across the country to close in 2017. While some Algerian followers of Christ have faced governmental pressures, others, especially those who have left Islam to follow Christ, are dealing with opposition from their own families. Malak is an Algerian Christian who is currently facing both pressures.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-10T07:07:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"vomtechsupport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"vomtechsupport\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"vomtechsupport\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5ff286fd5505fccd2d5ebfd9d4203216\"},\"headline\":\"Christians Face Opposition on Multiple Fronts\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-10T07:07:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/assets.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VOM-Stories-iCommit-PlaceholderV2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Algeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"iCommitToPray\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/\",\"name\":\"Christians Face Opposition on Multiple Fronts - Stories\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/assets.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VOM-Stories-iCommit-PlaceholderV2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-10T07:07:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5ff286fd5505fccd2d5ebfd9d4203216\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/assets.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VOM-Stories-iCommit-PlaceholderV2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/assets.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VOM-Stories-iCommit-PlaceholderV2.jpg\",\"width\":978,\"height\":640},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Christians Face Opposition on Multiple Fronts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/\",\"name\":\"Stories\",\"description\":\"VOM\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5ff286fd5505fccd2d5ebfd9d4203216\",\"name\":\"vomtechsupport\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/56abf41aaad92dceb4cfa25e0a29cb1f744b86aceb206be3435e6e45da62f65a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/56abf41aaad92dceb4cfa25e0a29cb1f744b86aceb206be3435e6e45da62f65a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"vomtechsupport\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Christians Face Opposition on Multiple Fronts - Stories","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Christians Face Opposition on Multiple Fronts - Stories","og_description":"The Algerian Christian community has struggled in multiple ways since the government forced numerous churches across the country to close in 2017. While some Algerian followers of Christ have faced governmental pressures, others, especially those who have left Islam to follow Christ, are dealing with opposition from their own families. Malak is an Algerian Christian who is currently facing both pressures.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/","og_site_name":"Stories","article_published_time":"2025-04-10T07:07:03+00:00","author":"vomtechsupport","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"vomtechsupport","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/"},"author":{"name":"vomtechsupport","@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5ff286fd5505fccd2d5ebfd9d4203216"},"headline":"Christians Face Opposition on Multiple Fronts","datePublished":"2025-04-10T07:07:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/"},"wordCount":148,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/assets.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VOM-Stories-iCommit-PlaceholderV2.jpg","keywords":["Algeria"],"articleSection":["iCommitToPray"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/","url":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/","name":"Christians Face Opposition on Multiple Fronts - Stories","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/assets.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VOM-Stories-iCommit-PlaceholderV2.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-10T07:07:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5ff286fd5505fccd2d5ebfd9d4203216"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/assets.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VOM-Stories-iCommit-PlaceholderV2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/assets.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VOM-Stories-iCommit-PlaceholderV2.jpg","width":978,"height":640},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/christians-face-opposition-on-multiple-fronts\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Christians Face Opposition on Multiple Fronts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/","name":"Stories","description":"VOM","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/5ff286fd5505fccd2d5ebfd9d4203216","name":"vomtechsupport","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/56abf41aaad92dceb4cfa25e0a29cb1f744b86aceb206be3435e6e45da62f65a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/56abf41aaad92dceb4cfa25e0a29cb1f744b86aceb206be3435e6e45da62f65a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"vomtechsupport"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persecution.com\/stories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}